82Nd Abegweit Light Infantry (P.e.i.) Collar Badge Archive Footnote: The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife

Footnote: The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip developed by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes in Shanghai based on concepts which the two men initiated before World War II while serving on the Shanghai Municipal Police in China

also trimmed in gold bullion wire

McLaughlin and the 2nd Infantry Battalion were welcomed by an enthusiastic crowd

with a strength of 41 officers and 1

and in case of issue

82Nd Abegweit Light Infantry (P.e.i.) Collar Badge Archive Footnote: The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting KnifeBronze, fire gilt, and silver, marked Gaunt, Montreal, 3 rivets, 2 lugs with pin, 21x44mm, EF.